Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, went to visit a bedouin when he was ill and said,
"Do not worry. It is a purification if Allah so wills." He said that the
bedouin said, "It is a fever which boils in an old man and will cause him
to visit the graves." "It is a blessing then," he concluded.
Ibrahim ibn Abi 'Abla said, "My wife was ill and I used to go to
Umm ad-Darda'. She asked me, 'How's your family?' 'Ill,' I replied. She
called for some food for me and I ate. Then I went back and she did the
same thing again. I visited her yet again and she asked, 'How are they?'
'They are almost well,' I replied. She said, 'I called for good for you
when you told me that your family were ill. Since they are almost well
know, we will not call for anything for you.'"
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, asked, "Which of you is fasting today?" Abu Bakr
said, "I am." He asked, "Which of you has visited a sick person today?
"I have," Abu Bakr stated. Then he asked, "Who has attended a funeral today?"
"I have," Abu Bakr said. He asked, "Who has fed a poor person today?" Abu
Bakr said, "I have."
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى أُمِّ السَّائِبِ، وَهِيَ تُزَفْزِفُ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكِ؟ قَالَتِ: الْحُمَّى أَخْزَاهَا اللَّهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: مَهْ، لاَ تَسُبِّيهَا، فَإِنَّهَا تُذْهِبُ خَطَايَا الْمُؤْمِنِ، كَمَا يُذْهِبُ الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ.
Jabir said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
visited Umm as-Sa'ib while she was sighing. He asked, 'What is wrong with
you?' 'The fever,' she replied, "May Allah debase it!' The Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Gently! Do not curse it. It
removes the errors of the believer as the bellows remove the dross of iron.'"
